The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

5.0IMDb Score
Released:1959-07-03
Genre:Crime
Duration:95 min
Director:Charles F. Haas
Actors:Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Louis Armstrong
Production:Albert Zugsmith Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.

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